00:00Two Court of Appeal judges have emerged as unexpected candidates to become the next Chief Judge of Malaya,
00:07with incumbent Hasna Hashim set to retire in November.
00:11Sources said one of them holds seniority on the appellate bench, while the other is less experienced but highly regarded.
00:18However, the Judicial Appointments Commission appears to be leaning towards nominating a federal court judge for the judiciary's third-ranked position, the sources told FMT.
00:28One source said the possibility of a Court of Appeal judge leapfrogging into the role could not be discounted,
00:35noting that it happened two months ago when Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Saleh was made Chief Justice despite only joining the Court of Appeal last November.
00:45Aziza Nawawi, then the senior-most judge on the appeals court bench, was also appointed as Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak that day,
00:53surprising many who had expected Justice Rodzaria Bujang, a federal court judge since 2020, to take the post.
01:01One source said the JAC is considering Rodzaria and four of her colleagues,
01:05Justices Nordin Hassan, Vazir Ala Maidin Mira, Ahmad Terirudin Saleh and Lee Sui Seng for the CJM post.
01:13The JAC is meeting in Kuala Terengganu tomorrow to nominate their preferred candidate for CJM
01:20and to name other judges to fill several impending vacancies in the federal court.
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